Five Great Games Other Than Modern Warfare 3 That You Should be Playing

Joel Taveras writes, "Unless you’re living under a rather very large rock, then you should know that today is 11 / 8 /11 also known as the day that Bobby Kotick and company unleash the video game dogs of war, A.K.A. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. And while I’m sure most of you can’t wait to frag your friends, tango your suckas, or find the little soldier in all of us, you should know that there are some recent great games that have been readily available for a few weeks now. This isn’t intended to stir the pot or deter folks from MW3, which I’m sure will be great in it’s own right. No, this is for the shooter fan that should have been enjoying these gems for the past couple of months.

Without further adieu, and in order of release (so keep your fanboy comments to yourselves) here’s a list of the most recent and best reviewed games on the site as well as a short and sweet excerpt from each review."

Going off recent releases, those 5 and in a more....happy choice, Sonic Generations. Never been a Sonic (I actually always hated those games) but I got it from gamefly and I honestly really really like. Not perfect but it's really fun.

We'll we can't count out MW3 just yet, But all of the game listed do provide awesome experiences. And what's great about this year's fall lineup in particular is that NO TITLE was scared of MW3 it seems. So instead of backing into January and February like what happened in years prior, it's almost like the industry decided to band together and take the title on, head on.

Maybe, just maybe that's exactly what needed to happen to de-thrown or at the very least bring down to earth the 500lbs gorilla in the room known as MW3. I guess first week sales numbers will be an indication if they managed to pull it off.

I wondered if Deus Ex actually released itself too early. We're lucky that no games seem to be afraid of Call of Duty this year, with Skyrim releasing itself the same week, Assassins Creed in its usual spot, Saint's Row and Uncharted jumping into the fray.

And of course Battlefield 3, which I am going to go back to playing right now.

I find myself unable to afford the new COD this year (a first since COD4) and already owning BF3 and Gears 3, and honestly? I'm fine with this. Both are an incredible experience and are honestly a breath of fresh air from the same thing each year.